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Epigrams of art, life, and nature
By William Watson
Watson, William (1858-1935)
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Epigrams of art, life, and nature
XIII.
TO A POET
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Time, the extortioner, from richest beauty
Takes heavy toll and wrings rapacious duty.
Austere of feature if thou carve thy rhyme,
Perchance 'twill pay the lesser tax to Time.
Epigrams of art, life, and nature